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Congrats @ElizabethTurner on the new fund! Great working together over the years and look forward to your continued success with @Valkyrie_vc You’re a great partner and advocate to founders who would be fortunate to have you involved in their new companies.

Congrats on the round @danielkan and team!

@davidlee @jack @Tetrateio Nah, but it’s only appropriate his name is honored and his legacy continues.

@jack @Tetrateio is pokorny naming ur products

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BUDDY!!! 🔥

DUBS WIN

Dubs got me so nervous!!!

Steph dunk!!! 💪

Miss this guy

Really excited to be joining Burst Capital and to chat with Techcrunch about creating new jobs in the AI era. We all know massive AI displacement of jobs is coming, and we at Burst are investing in AI because we think it is the future. The optimists among us assure everyone that AI will create more value than the jobs it displaces, and that there will be new work created. One of our core investment theses at Burst is to actually invest in tech companies creating jobs. We are trying to find companies, using AI or otherwise, that help Main Street, help local and small businesses, empower them, and enable them to grow and thrive. We already have many examples in the portfolio, including ResQ and Owner helping restaurants, Faire helping local retailers, Next Insurance helping small businesses with insurance, NuBrakes helping auto repair techs, and many more. So excited to invest with Geoff, Wendy, and Rob at Burst, and to try to do some part in powering job growth in the large economic shift that is coming.

Congrats to @newmike on his new role with Geoff and the entire Burst Capital team!

🚨UPDATE on Lithium plant fire near "Salad Bowl of America" (produces 70% of U.S. greens): 2 weeks later, scientists find big spike in Nickel, Manganese, & Cobalt in soil 2 miles away. NYU toxicologist tells me at high levels, metals "can get into certain produce or fruit" 🧵

I was in Monterey the day this fire broke out with my family to visit the aquarium and stay overnight. We canceled and drove back home that same evening. I feel awful for the local residents, and the implications for the local food supply are very concerning. The response from the EPA provides zero confidence in ensuring the health and safety of the residents and the food supply impacted in this area, which affects many of us.

@devopoker Likewise, fun hanging out with you guys!

@brianp Nice to meet you amigo!

Curry!!! 🔥

Today, we’re launching @withPlenty: the investment platform for couples. 🧵 The 5 Whys for building Plenty 0/5

@paulg @JoshSchoen Maybe do audio recordings of random drives and conversations/lectures, they’ll appreciate it later.

@JoshSchoen At which point it may well be too late, since I'm 59.

I tried this line on my kids, and they regarded it as about as comical as I expected. To them I am a chauffeur who lectures them about obscure facts. But when I pointed out that apparently rational adults regularly say things like this, it at least made them curious.

@chrisfralic It was the beauty of youth, no special talents!

@brianp That was right around the time you typed faster on your new iPhone than I could on my BlackBerry

The 2008 First Round Capital Holiday Card